CPU Keychains...

[Demon-Xanth]

Regarding to CPU keychains, what is used to drill through a ceramic IC? I've tried and barely scratched the surface

 

[Tachyon]

Maybe a ceramic drill bit??

 

[Poof]

Yikes! I wish I had the link but there was a thread (maybe on HardOCP's forum) on doing just that...

In a nutshell, it's a mess - near impossible with run of the mill and even many specialty tools. Someone did manage to do it and put up a website to show the pics of each step. As a min., you need professional equipment.

You're better off cutting off all the pins and soldering on a hook...

 

[JokerF15]

how bout this..i can get 2 of the same cpu, can i just use like super dooper glue or liquid weld or soemthing like that..and have the keyring in the middle? or soemthign like that..would that work...hmm..i want one! they look pimp!

 

[Poof]

Someone also had a web page showing how to do it like that... That's where I think I saw the suggestion for soldering... but liquid weld would probably work too...

 

[Viper GTS]

I can't imagine anything that a diamond edged bit couldn't cut, have you tried that?

Viper GTS

 

[smp]

Hey that's a good idea.. i was wondering what I should do with this old AMD 486 chip that I have... hmmm. Anyone have a link to with some pics... I guess you would cut off the pins then eh...

 

[Poof]

I haven't done this personally, but the thread that I saw was sortof a "boasting" one when someone simply asked how to make a keychain out of an old 486 CPU and someone else responded "drill a hole"... Well the whole thread sortof degraded down into flames and the instigator finally gave it a shot and failed...

Gosh... I wish I could remember that link to the website of the guy who did it... I think it required a water cooled drill (most likely diamond) and must have taken hours to do...

 

[smp]

Okay that's it.. I'm breakin' out the soldering gun!!!! brb

 

[Poof]

LOL!

 

[smp]

Hey 486 AMD chips aren't collectables or anything are they??? I mean, the thing is still an incredible thing.. it's insane actually.. we really take 1000mhz for granted.. this little thing here did 66,000,000 switches per second.. that's insane.. I feel bad cutting off all of it's pins.... should I do it?

 

[smp]

I couldn't do it.. I brought the wire cutter up to the corner pin.. I couldn't do it.. I have been handling this perfect little piece of human history now for five minutes.. and I can't do it.. it's as vulgar as drilling a hole through an ancestors finger bone and using that for a keychain.. can't do it. I have been trying to figure out a way to preserve it's perfectly linear pins and be able to have it around all the time.. as a desktop item.. I want to encase it in some sort of plastic or something.. so that I can fondle it forever without bending any of the delicate little pins... anyone?


I am not a wuss!!! I go to art school and I'm sensative....

 

[Poof]

Get one of those acrylic encasing kits and embalm it... (seriously)

Or get yerself an old Cyrix and hack it to pieces!!!

 

[smp]

Acrylic embalming kits eh? where can that be found? I'll do it if the price is right.. I am in love with this thing.. never really looked at it so hard before.. I just had it wrapped up and put away.. then I remembered it when I read this thread.. damn.. I LOVE it!!! Seriously.. where? and how?

 

[Poof]

I think they may have them at the large craft stores. I've seen kits advertised where they come with a mold and everything. Places like Michael's crafts or Frank's Nurseries and crafts might have them.

 

[smp]

Thanks... google is coming up with nothing

 

[shiznut123]

I went to my schools wood shop and used the drill press for my pentium 200mhz. I had to press extremely hard to get it through. It took a long time to get it through. The drill bits were steel

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Well, I was gonna start with a bunch of windowed EPROMs, I'm not sure if solder would hold up under daily use. I'm gonna take a look for some ceramic bits, probably diamond or carbide tip.

 

[Poof]

Good luck! You may want to document and post pics too in case others are interested!

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Okay, went down to the hardware store and picked up a Carbide Tip masonry bit, and a Carbide Spade Tip bit for drilling holes in glass. An recommedations on where to start? (RPM wise and which bit)

 

[Poof]

Well found one link.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

That's why I'm going to try ceramic/masonry bits that are carbide tips, the bits in that link had failed and were not intended for ceramics. These bits are designed for glass, concrete, and tiles.

 

[Rockhammer]

That link is to my web site...thanks for the linkage!

I doubt if your ceramic bit will touch it. I tried a carbide tip ceramic tile bit and managed to get it red-hot (literally) without even scratching the ceramic on an old 486. That stuff is way hard. I wrote an e-mail to the company that used to make that stuff for Intel and they suggested that only diamond or laser tools would touch it. Good Luck!

 

[shiznut123]

Put wd-40 and wet the place your going to drill so the heat wont damage your bit so the bit won't loose its performance

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Followup: the masonry ceramic bit broke, however the spade tipped bit did make a signifigant dimple before dulling. A diamond bit probably would do the trick if one were available